Weekend recap: Rory wins the Masters (in very Rory fashion)

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Here's a look at the top moments from the past couple days, including some impressive Canadians results.

Golf: Rory gets his green jacket, Conners fades to eighth

In one of the most dramatic finishes imaginable, fan favourite Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland recovered from another late meltdown to defeat England's Justin Rose in a playoff and win the Masters to complete the rare career Grand Slam.

McIlroy entered the final round at Augusta with a two-shot lead over American Bryson DeChambeau and was seven up on Rose as he sought to overcome a decade of agonizing misses since his last major victory in 2014. But McIlroy promptly double-bogeyed the first hole, setting the stage for a vintage Rory-coaster day of impossibly beautiful shot-making and gut-wrenching mistakes that left him needing to par the 18th to hold off the surging Rose, who had completed a 6-under round with a long birdie putt on 18.

After dumping his approach into a bunker, McIlroy missed a five-foot putt for the win, sending him back to the 18th tee for the playoff. Somehow keeping his cool, he striped his drive and then stuffed a wedge to three feet for birdie to capture the elusive green jacket and join Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen as the only players to win all four majors in men's golf.

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Canada's Corey Conners tied for eighth, staying right in contention until Sunday. He missed a par putt of less than a foot on the first